4-Efforts

Two cripples made sporting news last week:

One-Legged Leaper.JohannesAndries de Villiers. a 19-year-old sophomore at South Africa's Heidelberg Normal College, caused a sensation by high-jumping 5 ft. 7 in. in his first competitive try. He has no right leg. The handsome six-foot-one-incher started well back from the crossbar, hopped up momentum without his crutches, hurled himself over in a standard "western roll."

De Villiers lost his leg in a grain mower when he was five, bears a scar on his left leg from the same accident.

One-Armed Whacker. Pete Gray of Nanticoke, Pa., a regular outfielder for the Memphis Chicks, knocked a homer over a 20-ft. fence 330 ft. from home plate in a Southern Association game at Chattanooga's Engel Stadium. He has no right arm. Batting against Pitcher Bob Albertson of the Chattanooga Lookouts, the cocky, 28-year-old slugger let two wild ones go by, then clouted his way around on the kind of pitch he dreams about--waist-high and a little inside. Said Gray: "It sure felt good."

He also has scored five doubles and five triples this season, was batting .348 at week's end. He was also leading the league with 15 stolen bases.

Pete Gray's right arm is cut off close to the shoulder. He plays with sleight-of-hand artistry. In fielding a ball, he lets it hit his glove, flips it into the air, tucks the glove under the stub of his arm, plucks the ball from the air, and throws it--all in one continuous, rabbit-quick motion.

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